Wallace Ellsworth Markestad passed away peacefully Dec. 25, 2014, with his wife Marline and his two sisters Burnell Crain and Viola McDonald, by his side. He was born May 10, 1927, in Minnesota and grew up in Mellen, Wisc., with his brothers and sisters. After high school he spent two […]
Author: Tracy Ouellette
Man allegedly beat up girlfriend in East Troy
By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Jan. 26 for an Elkhorn man, now incarcerated in Plymouth, charged with beating up his girlfriend and pushing her daughter. Charles M. Newman, 47, was charged Dec. 3 in Walworth County Circuit Court with two counts of felony intimidation […]
Legion honors local police departments
The Walworth County Council of the American Legion has prepared and delivered certificates of commendation to each of the 17 police departments in Walworth County. The Village of Sharon Police Department was awarded a certificate of commendation on Jan. 9. The certificates recognize the dramatic rise in shootings and other […]
School board moves forward with referendum
Two-part question to ask community to support borrowing of about $25 million for improvements to district schools By Kellen Olshefski Editor The Elkhorn Area School District Board of Education took a facility advisory committee’s recommendation to heart Monday night, voting unanimously in favor of moving forward with a two-question referendum […]
School Board member resigns
By Tracy Ouellette Editor While the big news out of Monday night’s meeting of the East Troy School Board was the unanimous vote of board members in attendance to draft new facility needs referendum questions for the April 7 ballot, Tuesday morning saw one School Board members tendering his resignation. […]
Candidates file for spring election
Four vie for trustee seats, two for president By Kellen Olshefski Editor The three incumbents on the Village of Walworth Board have filed candidacy papers, along with one other. Village trustees trustees Rick Novak, Dennis Vanderbloemen, and Todd Watters have all filed papers signifying their bid for re-election in the […]
Deputy director of HHS Department retires
Psychologist will expand private practice Child psychologist David W. Thompson will expand his private practice in Burlington after retiring as a deputy director of the Walworth County Department of Health and Human Services. Thompson will devote himself to full-time private practice in Burlington after his retirement Friday from the county. […]
Referendum moves forward for April election
By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy School Board voted Monday night to have two referendum questions drafted for the April 7 ballot. This is the fourth time the district is bringing the facility needs referendum to the community, the last one failing in November. After listening to the residents […]
Primary needed in Troy Township election
Extended deadline draws more candidates By Tracy Ouellette Editor The Town of Troy supervisor race will require a Feb. 17 primary election after last week’s extended deadline had three more candidates filing papers for the board seat held by incumbents Kathleen Tober and Town Chairman John Kendall. Michael C. Jones […]
Grapplers compete at Burlington dual
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent A dual meet tournament at Burlington Saturday gave the East Troy High School wrestling team a chance to see how it stacked up against five Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 1 schools. And, all in all, it wasn’t a bad effort. East Troy finished the day […]
